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| Table 204.90. | Percentage of public school students enrolled in gifted and talented programs, by sex, race/ethnicity, and state: Selected years, 2004 through 2017-18 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| State | 2004, total | 2006, total | 2011-12, total1 | 2013-14, total1 | 2017-181 | |||||||||||||
| Total | Sex | Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Two or more races | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| United States | 6.7 | (0.05) | 6.7 | (0.04) | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 12.6 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.2 | ||
| Alabama | 4.8 | (0.11) | 5.5 | (0.06) | 8.4 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 5.2 | ||
| Alaska | 4.1 | (0.19) | 4.1 | (0.19) | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 5.4 | ||
| Arizona | 5.9 | (0.17) | 6.3 | (0.11) | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Arkansas | 9.9 | (0.65) | 9.5 | (0.43) | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 8.8 | ||
| California | 8.4 | (0.18) | 8.3 | (0.21) | 8.2 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 6.8 | ||
Colorado |
6.7 | (0.11) | 6.8 | (0.11) | 6.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 8.7 | ||
| Connecticut | 3.0 | (0.32) | 3.8 | (0.41) | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Delaware | 4.6 | 1 | (†) | 5.6 | 1 | (†) | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| District of Columbia | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 0.1 | # | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | ||
| Florida | 4.5 | (0.06) | 4.7 | (0.05) | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 6.7 | ||
Georgia |
8.9 | (0.30) | 9.3 | (0.35) | 10.4 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 25.6 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 12.0 | ||
| Hawaii | 5.7 | (0.57) | 6.2 | 1 | (†) | 1.4 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | |
| Idaho | 3.9 | (0.23) | 4.2 | (0.20) | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | ||
| Illinois | 5.4 | (0.22) | 5.8 | (0.24) | 3.5 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 4.5 | ||
| Indiana | 7.1 | (0.49) | 7.9 | (0.40) | 12.6 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 20.7 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 10.3 | ||
Iowa |
8.5 | (0.38) | 8.2 | (0.26) | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 12.8 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 7.5 | ||
| Kansas | 3.3 | (0.11) | 3.0 | (0.12) | 2.9 | 2.7 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 18.0 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 13.6 | 9.0 | 20.5 | 14.8 | ||
| Kentucky | 13.0 | (0.54) | 14.6 | (0.50) | 12.7 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 19.6 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 10.2 | ||
| Louisiana | 3.9 | (0.32) | 3.4 | (0.13) | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | ||
| Maine | 3.0 | (0.36) | 3.2 | (0.19) | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | ||
Maryland |
13.8 | 1 | (†) | 16.1 | 1 | (†) | 15.8 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 41.3 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 21.0 |
| Massachusetts | 0.8 | (0.13) | 0.7 | (0.10) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||
| Michigan | 3.9 | (0.37) | 3.4 | (0.29) | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| Minnesota | 8.1 | (0.37) | 8.8 | (0.28) | 8.0 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 16.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 8.0 | ||
| Mississippi | 6.0 | (0.19) | 6.1 | (0.20) | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
Missouri |
3.8 | (0.12) | 3.6 | (0.11) | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.0 | ||
| Montana | 5.6 | (0.28) | 5.2 | (0.20) | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | ||
| Nebraska | 11.4 | (0.31) | 11.4 | (0.24) | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 16.8 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 9.1 | ||
| Nevada | 1.9 | (0.01) | 1.9 | 1 | (†) | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 | |
| New Hampshire | 2.3 | (0.55) | 2.6 | (0.54) | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | ||
New Jersey |
6.9 | (0.38) | 7.0 | (0.35) | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 5.3 | ||
| New Mexico | 10.7 | (0.26) | 4.0 | (0.14) | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 14.3 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 8.2 | ||
| New York | 2.2 | (0.18) | 2.9 | (0.13) | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
| North Carolina | 10.9 | (0.83) | 10.8 | (0.42) | 10.6 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 15.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 20.2 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 9.5 | ||
| North Dakota | 3.1 | (0.30) | 2.8 | (0.18) | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | ||
Ohio |
7.4 | (0.40) | 7.3 | (0.33) | 3.7 | 4.3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 15.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| Oklahoma | 14.0 | (0.45) | 13.7 | (0.39) | 13.9 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.6 | 16.8 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 25.3 | 8.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 | ||
| Oregon | 7.1 | (0.20) | 6.9 | (0.16) | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 17.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 7.6 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 4.8 | (0.19) | 4.5 | (0.17) | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1.8 | (0.38) | 1.4 | (0.21) | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | # | # | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | ||
South Carolina |
12.7 | (0.98) | 11.0 | (0.57) | 12.0 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 13.7 | 17.0 | 21.4 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 27.9 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 13.7 | ||
| South Dakota | 2.2 | (0.20) | 2.7 | (0.17) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | ||
| Tennessee | 3.3 | (0.18) | 1.7 | (0.10) | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| Texas | 8.0 | (0.10) | 7.6 | (0.07) | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 19.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 9.9 | ||
| Utah | 4.6 | (0.29) | 5.0 | (0.05) | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
Vermont |
0.8 | (0.17) | 0.8 | (0.15) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virginia | 12.1 | (0.38) | 12.6 | (0.32) | 11.8 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 24.8 | 13.5 | 10.9 | 14.9 | ||
| Washington | 3.8 | (0.10) | 3.9 | (0.13) | 3.5 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 5.8 | ||
| West Virginia | 2.2 | (0.19) | 2.2 | (0.21) | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| Wisconsin | 6.8 | (0.47) | 6.4 | (0.35) | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 5.0 | ||
| Wyoming | 3.2 | ! | (1.04) | 2.2 | (0.35) | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| ---Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Data are based on universe counts of schools and school districts; therefore, these figures do not have standard errors. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection: 2004, 2006, 2011-12, 2013-14, and 2017-18. (This table was prepared March 2022.) |
